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NEVADA LAND GAMBLING REVENUES UP 5.7 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY
2012-04-10

Las Vegas continues its recovery

State gambling officials in Nevada said Tuesday that land revenue was up 5.7 percent in February after casinos brought in $932 million.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board released stats showing that Las Vegas Strip revenue of $531 million was up 3.3 percent compared with the same month a year ago. Downtown Las Vegas brought in $45 million and was up 13.7 percent in February.

The Boulder Strip brought in $72 million that month, up nearly 23 percent.

Reno casino winnings jumped 8.2 percent to $44 million, while South Lake Tahoe numbers climbed 10.3 percent to $15 million in February.

The state collected more than $70 million in taxes on the winnings, which was a 69 percent increase compared with a year ago.

HUCK SEED IN MAJOR VIDEO POKER WIN
2011-08-04

$670,665 and change for poker pro

Video poker fans were speculating Tuesday on where famous poker pro Huck Seed was when he tweeted news of a major video poker machine win, boosting his information with a photograph of the generous machine and its welcome message to call for an attendant.
Seed triggered the interest when he tweeted: "Internet poker is down in the US, but I'm still pressing buttons!" The photograph embedded in the tweet showed a machine displaying a $670,665.60 win.
The poker pro was apparently playing $500 a hand and had 'invested' some $50,000 over six hours before he was so generously rewarded.

LEARNING TO PLAY ONLINE POKER FREE
2011-02-08

Many sites let the players play online poker free. There are sites that let the user play the online poker games free and return the real money. Without depositing any money, some sites let the players play for real money. To play this kind of a game, there is no requirement for the player to have any money. There are three different ways by which real money can be won without betting any money.
Online poker games have increased in number in the recent years. In addition, many new players have joined in and its credit goes to the virtualized version of the poker games. To attract many players and to avoid facing problematic situations regarding the gambling regulations, few of the websites offer free games for real money. They make this offer possible by giving the money that they make through various advertisements as prizes for many tournaments. The no-deposit games by the websites make these sites 100 percent legal. The players can even be a part of the big games via satellites and in return win real cash money prize free.
To play online poker free on the famous poker site, National League of Online Poker can be quite beneficial. This is because they are giving away almost a hundred thousand dollars as cash awards every month. In addition, without the need to deposit any money, the user can win big prizes. Many big companies, especially, the electronic companies also sponsor such sites.
Another opportunity to win cash is the poker freerolls. These freerolls are offered by the real money websites. They offer free qualifiers or the free rolls for paid tournaments. A great way to win real cash free is the free poker tournament organized by real money websites.
If one desires to win real money in free poker tournaments then they can log on to websites, which host such tournaments. Various communities offer tournaments for their customers. By signing in, one can have free access to free rolls and can win big exciting prizes. The bonuses won by the no-deposit poker games can be used to play the cash games. This method is good for the people who enjoy playing cash games more than the tournaments. The player who has a bonus code (no deposit poker bonus) and wants to join a new site, that code can then be used to get a free bank roll without the need to make any cash deposit. The player who has a freeroll is eligible to play at all the tables playing with real money. One does not need to deposit any money to play free cash games. The only condition applied to the player is that, the player has to play a certain number of games before he or she can withdraw the winnings and the bankrolls.
Generally, many people hesitate in playing the games with their money or prefer to practice the poker games free, before they can bet their money on those games. The free poker website can be used to become a better and professional poker player. The free games are not just useful for the virtual casinos but for the real casinos as well. To learn the poker games well a player should have an observant and an analytical mind. This is the reason that the free poker websites have introduced to play online poker free. By playing these free games, the player has an advantage of learning the moves and the strategies of the opponents. This is done when the players play the games repeatedly to observe their opponents. In addition, they can also learn the reason for various moves of the poker game. The player can do all this and play online poker free without risking their money. Therefore, we can see that the free games are quite beneficial and, as they are not just risk free but also help you in becoming a better player.
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24HPOKER APPOINTS NEW COO
2010-11-24

Appointment follows merge of 24hPoker and B2B Poker IT, sales and management functions
Tobias Fagerlund (35) is the newly appointed chief operating officer of Swedish gaming company, 24hPoker. The appointment was announced after a streamlining process in which 24hPoker and online poker software developer, B2B Poker, merged their IT, sales and management functions.
Fagerlund has been with the group since 2005 and has been acting chief executive officer of B2B Poker since 2006. Initially, he will continue to hold this position and will additionally assist chief executive officer, Per Hildebrand, with administrative, organisational and legal issues.

205 LEFT IN WSOP MAIN EVENT (Update)
2010-07-15

Previous champ Johnny Chan still among the big stacks
It’s been eight tough days since the 2010 World Series of Poker main event started with 7,319 hopefuls ponying up $10,000 apiece to be part of the action, but as Day 5 chips were bagged Wednesday night only 205 players could look forward to another day of play when the competition reconvenes Thursday afternoon.
It took the best part of four days just to reach the money bubble on the 748th elimination, but now the remaining players are guaranteed payouts of at least $24,079.
574 survivors came together again Wednesday afternoon for another session, with the immaculately suited Tony Dunst in the lead. During the first hour of play, 74 players were eliminated - more than one per minute.
By Wednesday night when Day 5 play ceased at level 21, the 205 survivors were led by Evan Lamprea on 3,564,000, and Michael Skender on 3,527,000, with average chip stacks at 1,071,073.
The previous day’s leader, Tony Dunst was way down in the chip counts, and facing formidable challenges in Day 6 from players like Eric Baldwin, Theo Tran, Scott Clements, Alexander Kostritsyn, Phil Galfond, Johnny Lodden, David Benyamine and Jean-Robert Bellande.
And most notably, veteran player and two-time past champ Johnny Chan is still competing well and has 2,559,000 in chips. Another former champ, Scotty Nguyen, had an up-and-down sort of day, but had managed to rebuild his stack to around 572 000 by the break. At that stage it was well short of the average 703,750, making him increasingly vulnerable.
Departures just before the action closed after 12 hours of poker included Kevin Boudreau, Sam Haddad, Praz Bansi, Steve Billirakis, Jason DeWitt, Will Failla and Mark Teltscher. Two of the four Mizrachi brothers still remain in the field – Robert and Michael – although their siblings busted out earlier.
The tournament is on-track to meet the target of a final table sometime in the coming weekend.

ARMY VET WINS MAJOR WSOP EVENT (Update)
2010-06-10

Kassela claims the $10 000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo bracelet
US Army veteran Frank Kassela is the new Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo champion at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, winning the coveted bracelet and $447 446 against a tough field in event 15.
The last day of the competition began with 18 survivors and continued for thirteen grueling hours due to the quality of the opposition, which included John Juanda, Vladimir Schmelev, Steve Zolotow, Jennifer Harman, Dario Minieri and Toto Leonidas. The event was finally only completed after 4am.
But it was Kassela who prevailed, ending the match with a heads up against Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler and leaving the table with the respect, the bracelet….and that fat paycheck to boost career winnings that were already in excess of a million dollars.
Jennifer Harman, who at one time led the field with a chip stack of 1.3 million, decided the heads up composition when she was eliminated in third position by Chainsaw Kessler and departed visibly frustrated.
Chainsaw went on to the heads up, only to find himself bested and heading for the exit and a $276,486 second placing prize.
This week also saw the completion of a marathon of a competition as event 13 – the $1 000 buy-in NLHE came to a conclusion as 56 survivors of an original field of 3 042 played down to a final table and then a winner.
The final table composition included Jared Hamby, Daniel Thomas, Matthew Vance, Jeffrey Gross, Mats Gavatin, Nicholas Heather, David Baker, Kyung Han and Steven Gee going into Day 4 of the event.
With the elimination of David Baker in third place for $206 813, the heads up between Steven Gee and Matt Vance started, with the two players slugging away until Gee’s cautious but steady approach won the day, the bracelet and the main prize of $472 479. Vance took home $292 232.
Event 16 – the $1.500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em competition saw American young gun Carter Phillips (21) leading the field into the final day of play, opposed by 16 other hopefuls, with only Samuel Gerber of Switzerland and Mikhail Lakhitov of Russia hailing from outside the US.
Lakhitov was Carter’s nearest rival but failed to make it through to the heads up as the young American demolished the opposition on his way to the heads up, which saw Phillips confronting Samuel Gerber after Craig Bergeron departed in third place.
Phillips banked $482,774 and his first WSOP bracelet for the win, whilst Gerber took home $298,726, and Craig Bergeron’s third placing was worth $189,661.
Another popular event – number 17, the $5 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'Em – attracted a field of 792, playing down to 225 survivors by Day 2, with some fierce and competitive action by entrants with their eyes on a main prize that will be over $800 000,
Many of the big names were in the event, such as Chino Rheem, Antonio Esfandiari, Shannon Elizabeth, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Mercier and Tony G, and a good number of younger internet players like Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams, Amit "amak316" Makhija and James "Flushy" Dempsey.
By 11pm Wednesday night Vegas time the money bubble had been reached, meaning the remaining 59 players would cash at least $10 000. Annette Obrestad just made it, only to bust out shortly thereafter after a clash with Samuel Trickett – her first US WSOP cash. Vitaly Lunkin was also out just after the bubble.
Steven Goosen was leading the field as InfoPowa went to press, but he had David Benefield and John Luu hot on his heels.

P2P ONLINE POKER BY SEPTEMBER
2010-04-20

Breakthrough in BC
The timeline for the introduction of provincial government-sanctioned online poker in British Columbia, Canada appears to have shortened, according to an article in the Times Colonist newspaper over the weekend.
The report reveals that Rich Coleman, the provincial minister responsible for gambling, has announced to the legislature that peer-to-peer provincial online poker will go live in September 2010.
Pokerheads will be able to take on one another in government-regulated games which are to coincide with similar moves being made by the provinces of Quebec and the Maritimes.
"We have arrangements with them [the other provinces] to do peer-to-peer [online poker] because we'd need the number of players to make it feasible," Coleman said.
Coleman told lawmakers: "With regard to spending limits, they're set by the individual - how much they feel they can spend. We found that all research says that the best responsible gaming mechanism is if people set their limits, so the range allows people to set their limits within what they think they can afford and what they're going to play."
He said B.C.'s site will be one of the few sites using such an approach, "as far as giving people that responsibility and monitoring the play, so that we can make sure that people aren't getting themselves into difficulty the way they do on most other Internet sites."
Arguing against the initiative, opposition politician Shane Simpson pointed out that BC's Cdn$120-a-week limit on how much players could wager through their B.C. Lottery Corp. account has been escalated by the government to Cdn$10 000. It now appeared that as far as the new poker venture was concerned, the sky was the limit.
The government pointed out that it is taking precaustions against problem gambling, with all the usual monitoring at casinos despite recent budget cuts.